Whodunit Column by Bruce Tierney

Sara Gran was an unknown quantity to me prior to reading her latest novel, Dope, a tale of intrigue and murder set in 1950s New York. I did a bit of a background search, unearthing unequivocally complimentary reviews of Gran's previous novel, Come Closer. Twenty pages into Dope, I knew what all the buzz had been about. Grudgingly, I put the book down after 80 pages or so (and well after...